I’ll always remember 2013/14 as the time when Disclosure was playing almost everywhere I went. They were on the FIFA 14 soundtrack. They headlined Parklife Festival in 2014. On the very first day of university my flatmate was blasting Settle out of his room. He was a huge fan. Not sure if he is as much anymore. Their songs were played at almost every pre-drinks gathering. ‘Latch’ and ‘F for You’ would usually play during the actual nights out too. Disclosure didn’t make the type of music I was into at the time, but I had heard the album so many times throughout the first few months, probably even weeks, of first year that I thought I may as well download it myself.

I found that I had already grown tired of the album’s first half very quickly. ‘Latch’, ‘F for You’, and ‘White Noise’ were not too fun anymore. That then led to the realisation that the second half of Settle was much better and the three songs that close it out were its peak. ‘January’, ‘Confess to Me’, and ‘Help Me Lose My Mind’ have always been my favourite songs on there, but that’s probably because I didn’t so much of them compared to the overplayed singles. Though out of those three, ‘January’ is the one I’ve always vibed to the most.

I don’t have much to say about it. It’s a catchy house-pop (don’t think that’s a thing) track just like all of the other songs on the album. That pulsating chord progression that occurs throughout was initially what got me hooked, and I’ve always paid more attention to the production rather than the vocals. That’s not to say that Jamie Woon bores me because he doesn’t; he certainly does his thing on the microphone. Up until Settle‘s release I had only heard Woon’s song ‘Lady Luck’ which was released in 2011, so I had at least heard of his name before. I’ll put that song below actually.